ArticleBMC psychology2025
Parental expectations and adolescents' happiness: the role of self-efficacy and connectedness.
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- Perceived parental competence and mental health in school-aged adolescents in Colombia: evidence from a well-being and risk approach.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- The chain mediating effect of mindfulness and self-regulation in the relationship between parental warmth and adolescent study engagement.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Parental expectation and psychological distress of Chinese youth: the chain mediating effects of core self-worth and perceived stress.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Links Between Perceived Family Support, Self-Efficacy, and Growth Mindset of Intelligence Among Chinese Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundA happy adolescent may live a healthy and successful life. This study focused on parental expectations in the Chinese cultural context and investigated whether and under what conditions adolescents' perceived parental expectations are associated with their happiness, the affective component of subjective well-being. SAMPLE AND
methodsThis cross-sectional study included a sample of 1510 Chinese adolescents; the average age of the adolescents was 12.39 years, and 55.40% were boys. A questionnaire including the perceived parental expectations scale, self-efficacy scale, connectedness subscale and one item that measured happiness was administered to the adolescents.
resultsThe results reveal that self-efficacy moderates the relationship between perceived parental expectations and happiness. For adolescents who exhibit higher levels of self-efficacy, perceived parental expectations are negatively correlated with happiness; in contrast, for adolescents who exhibit lower levels of self-efficacy, perceived parental expectations are not related to happiness. Moreover, the results reveal that connectedness moderates the relationship between perceived parental expectations and happiness. Among adolescents who exhibit higher levels of connectedness, a nonsignificant relationship is observed between perceived parental expectations and happiness; in contrast, among adolescents who exhibit lower levels of connectedness, perceived parental expectations are negatively related to happiness.
conclusionsThis study reveals that, under conditions featuring higher levels of self-efficacy or lower levels of connectedness, perceived parental expectations are not conducive to their happiness. These findings have important implications with regard to parenting practices.
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